IP

Here is where I end up. And it hasn’t changed much in two years. 1) Trademarking. Yes. It’s a weight and measure. And it’s testable. Violating trademarks is fraudulent. 2) Copyrighting. Possibly – but only if under the model of the creative commons. Meaning free for non commercial use. I don’t care about patents anywhere near as much as I care about ending copyrights on user copyable media. It is very, very, hard to argue that pop music, film and literature are a public good – and I think the evidence is the opposite....